One of the secrets to having a high score in UTME is studying in line with JAMB syllabus.
Personally, this was one of the things I did in preparation for one of the six UTMEs I took. Though I scored 317, there was no admission for me that year.
Fortunately, I got admission into school three years later with a lower UTME score. That’s some part of my JAMB story.
And it’s my hope that you really score high in UTME and gain admission into school this year.
By the way, if you’ve still not applied for JAMB yet, here is how to register for 2021 UTME/DE in 3 quick steps.
Moreover, JAMB sets questions from its syllabus. Because of that, they are unable to set questions outside the topics contained in the syllabus.
That’s why at secondary school, you are expected to have been taught all the topics in JAMB syllabus to prepare for SSCE and UTME.
However, it’s not your fault if you weren’t taught many of these topics or even subjects at secondary school. Most of us have the same secondary school experience.
But then…JAMB syllabus is essential to scoring high in UTME.
And to help your preparation for the 2021 UTME conducted by JAMB, I decided to write this blog. It contains the 2021 JAMB syllabus.
And I’ve tried to simplify it as much as possible so you can easily navigate through this post.
Complete 2021 JAMB syllabus for all subjects
Below is the JAMB syllabus for the 2021 UTME.
USE OF ENGLISH
Below are the main areas you should look at in English.
1. Comprehension/Summary
2. Lexis and structures
3. Oral forms
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MATHEMATICS
1. Algebra
2. Calculus
3. Algebra and Trigonometry
4. Number and numeration
5. Statistics
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
1. Drama
2. General literary principles
3. Literary appreciation
4. Poetry
5. Prose
CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES
1. Story of creation down to division of the kingdom.
2. Division of the kingdom to the return from exile and the prophets.
3. The four gospels and the acts of the apostles.
AGRICULTURE
Below are the main areas you should read in Agriculture.
1. Agricultural Technology
2. Agricultural Economics and Extension
3. Agronomy
4. Animal Production
5. General Agriculture
GEOGRAPHY
1. Human geography
2. Physical geography
3. Practical geography
4. Regional geography
PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNT
1. Accounts of not-for-profit making organizations
2. Book transaction and reconciliation statements
3. Branch accounts
4. Cash books
5. Control accounts and self balancing ledger
6. Departmental accounts
7. Ethics in accounting
8. incomplete records and single entry
9. Information technology in accounting
10. Introduction to company accounts
11. Joint venture accounts
12. Manufacturing accounts
13. Partnership accounts
14. Public sector accounting
15. Principles of double account
16. Stock valuation
17. The final accounts of a sole trader
18. Nature and significance of accounting
COMMERCE
Below are topics you should read in Commerce.
| Aids-to-trade | Business environment and social responsibility |
| Business units | Commerce |
| Elements of business management | Elements of marketing |
| Financing business | Information and communication |
| Legal aspects of business | Money |
| Occupation | Production |
| Purchase and sale of goods | Stock exchange |
| Trade | Trade associations |
| Natural resources and the Nigerian economy | The theory of consumer behaviours |
| The theory of price determination | Agriculture in Nigeria |
| Business organizations | Economic growth and development |
| Economic systems | Economics as a science |
| Factors of production and their theories | Financial institutions |
| Industries and industrialization | International economic organizations |
| International trade | Market structures |
| Methods and tools of economic analysis | Money and inflation |
| National income | Population |
| Public finance | The theory of demand |
| The theory of production | The theory of supply |
| Theory of cost and revenue |
ARABIC
1. Comprehension
2. Arabic Literature
3. Composition
4. Grammar
5. Translation
MUSIC
1. Comparative music studies
2. Elementary harmony
3. History and literature of African music
4. History and literature of western music
5. Rudiments of music
GOVERNMENT
1. Part I: Elements of government
2. Part II: Political development in Nigeria
3. Part II: Foreign policy and Nigeria’s relations with the international community
4. Part IV: International organizations
HISTORY
1. Africa and the wider world since 1800.
2. Nigeria: 1900 – 1960.
3. Nigeria since independence.
HOME ECONOMICS
1. Clothing and textile
2. Food and nutrition
3. Home economics education
4. Home management
ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS STUDIES
1. Islamic history and civilization
2. Tawhid and Fiqh
3. The Quran and Hadith
PHYSICS
Below are topics you should read in Physics.
| Capacitors | Change of state |
| Characteristics of sound waves | Conduction of electricity |
| Current electricity | Dams and energy production |
| Dispersion of light and colours | Eddy current |
| Elasticity | Electric cells |
| Electrical energy and power | Electromagnetic induction |
| Electromagnetic spectrum | Electrostatics |
| Energy and society | Equilibrium of forces |
| Force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field | Friction |
| Gas laws | Gravitational field |
| Heat transfer | Inductance |
| Introduction to electronics | Light energy |
| Liquids at rest | Magnets and magnetic fields |
| Measurements and units | Motion |
| Nuclear energy | Optical instruments |
| Pressure | Propagation of sound waves |
| Quantity of heat | Reflection of light at plane and curved surfaces |
| Refraction of light through plane and curved surfaces | Scalars and vectors |
| Simple A.C circuits | Simple machines |
| Solar energy | Structure of matter and kinetic theory |
| Temperature and its measurement | Thermal expansion |
| Vapours | Waves |
| Work, energy, and power |
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CHEMISTRY
Below are the main areas you should read in Chemistry.
| Acid, bases and salt | Air |
| Atomic structure and bonding | Chemical combination |
| Chemical equilibrium | Chemistry and industry |
| Electrolysis | Energy changes |
| Environmental pollution | Kinetics theory of matter and gas laws |
| Metals and their compounds | Non-metals and their compounds |
| Organic compounds | Oxidation and reduction |
| Rates of chemical reaction | Separation of mixtures and purification of chemical substances |
| Solubility |
BIOLOGY
Below are the main areas you should read in Biology. Read the topics under them.
1. Ecology
– Factors affecting the distribution of organisms;
– Local (Nigerian) biomes;
– Natural habitats;
– Soil;
– Conservation of natural resources;
– diseases;
– Game reserve and natural parks;
– Population and its control;
– Energy flow in the ecosystem;
– Nutrient cycling in nature;
– Symbiotic interaction of plants;
– Adaptation for survival;
– Ecological succession;
– Factors affecting population sizes;
– Population density and overcrowding.
2. Evolution
– Theories of evolution
– Evidence of evolution
3. Form and functions
– Growth;
– Internal structure of a flowering plant;
– Internal structure of a mammal;
– Homeostasis;
– Hormomal control
– Nervous coordination
– The sense organs
– Excretory mechanisms
– Excretory products of plants
– Types of excretory structures
– Animal nutrition
– Modes of nutrition
– Plant nutrition
– Types of nutrition
– Reproduction in mammals
– Asexual reproduction
– Sexual reproduction in flowering plants
– Respiration
– Aerobic respiration
– Anaerobic respiration
– Respiratory organs and surfaces
– The mechanism of gaseous exchanges
– Support and movement
– Supporting tissues in mammals
– Tropic, tactic, nastic and sleep movement in plants
– Types and functions of the skeleton
– Channels for transportation
– Materials for transportation
– Media and processes of mechanism for transportation
– Need for transportation
4. Heredity and variations
– Heredity
– Application of discontinuous variation in crime detection, blood transfusion, and determination of paternity
– Morphological variations in the physical appearance of individuals
– Physiological variations
5. Variety of organisms
– Adaptive colouration and its functions
– Behavioural adaptation in social animals
– Evolution among living organisms
– Structural adaptation in organisms
– Structural/Functional and behavioural adaptations of organisms
You made it to the end. By the way, I wrote a blog showing you the JAMB subject combination for ALL courses. Bear in mind that selecting the wrong subjects in JAMB affects your chances of admission.
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